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The Moth Radio Hour: Not for the Faint of Heart

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How to Be Polite to a Scouser

It's 1988 and I'm driving home from a gig up north can't remember exactly where it was somewhere in the northwest. A scouser is standing outside a motorway services at two in the morning wearing just a t-shirt and jeans with no money. He says excuse me mate any chance of a lift to London and I realize that I can't lie to this guy. Britain is a divided country the southeast the economy is thriving and booming everywhere us in the country massive unemployment they call it the north-south divide. The government are building a whole new financial district in Docklands and Canary Wharf because deregulated financial services along with cutting taxes for the wealthy will make the wealthy even

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